TIM KRUL has insisted the chips aren’t down in the NUFC camp – despite a growing list of injuries for Alan Pardew.

TIM KRUL has insisted the chips aren’t down in the NUFC camp – despite a growing list of injuries for Alan Pardew.

In fact, the in-form Dutchman feels that the pressure is all on Premier League new boys Norwich City to get a good result against top-six Toon tomorrow.

Krul was in sparkling form in the Magpies’ last game with Chelsea and, while he was on the wrong end of a 3-0 scoreline, Blues players left St James’ Park knowing they had had to work overtime to break down resolute United.

Now Holland international Krul reckons that the black-and-whites are a team to fear in the top flight.

A confident Krul told the Chronicle: “People are looking at us and they worry about us a bit more than they did before. That’s a nice thing.

“We have had a fantastic run and been unfortunate in a couple of games, but we need to get back to winning ways.”

United can climb their way back into the top four with a win against the 11th-placed Canaries.

Krul is in the form of his life between the sticks for United at the moment and has understandably attracted interest from a clutch of potential suitors in the January transfer window.

But he was firmly focused ahead of Norwich and said: “It is a tough away game.

“But we have got a lot of confidence out of the last three games, competing with the best and showing we are capable.

“I think everybody has got the feeling we can go to Norwich and get a result.”

Krul was also quick to issue a rallying call to Newcastle with Cheick Tiote, Danny Guthrie, Steven Taylor and Mike Williamson all ruled out.

The Dutch ace said: “I thought we were unfortunate against Chelsea – we hit the crossbar and post a few times.

“The main downer was Steven picking up a horrific injury.

“We are over that now and looking forward to the next game.

“We knew that December and January would be the hard months.

“We hope that injuries are kept to a limited number.

“Yes, we are unfortunate but hopefully Coloccini will be back soon, which is good.